More details about the young man who plans a terrorist attack: he lived in a bedroom, studied computer science, the police did not know him, in Lithuania



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The Office of the Prosecutor General announced on Friday that an attack on a terrorist act had been attempted in Vilnius last fall, and the case was transferred to court on June 17. On Friday afternoon, Arūnas Paulauskas, Acting Commissioner General, provided more information.

According to A. Paulauskas, Deputy Commissioner General of the Lithuanian Police, as General Commissioner, the explosive could not be detonated, but could not give specific reasons.

“A pre-trial investigation into an attempt to commit a terrorist act has been brought to court. We also want to report it. Last October, from 5 to 6 pm, a young man tried to set off explosives in Vilnius. But for reasons outside of his control, it was not possible to do it, he was arrested, an investigation was initiated, “said a police representative.

“It is difficult to answer if he was tracked, but in part it was known that he was far-right and that his activities were monitored,” said A. Paulauskas.

He said the explosive was found fairly quickly. The public was not informed about the “Skydas” plan presented, why that decision was made, A. Paulauskas could not say on Friday.

“Today we cannot make public why the public was not made public, the goal was to shut down the entire network. Therefore, it was kept secret. It was a real explosive,” a police spokesman said when asked if the explosive could have exploded.

According to him, this person performed alone in Lithuania.

“The person belonged to a virtual far-right group, a more international group that brought its members together in the online space. As far as we know, its existence has ended, its members have been internationally neutralized and their activities have ceased, “he said.

A. Paulauskas stated that if the explosive had exploded, there could have been casualties.

“Imagine a 2.5 kilogram trotyle in the city center, it could have broken windows in a couple of hundred meters, if there had been people, we could not have prevented the casualties,” he said at a press conference on Friday.

The young man found instructions on how to make explosives and weapons online, a police spokesman said.

“At that time, the guy was studying, in the IT field,” said A. Paulauskas about the young man’s activities.

A police spokesman said the young man was giving evidence and living in one of Vilnius’ dormitories in the capital. The guy was not known to the police.

“We treated him like a lone wolf, he had no accomplices who could help him act. The police did not know him, he was not convicted, he was punished for any violation,” said a police representative.

6 kilograms of explosive substance

A case has been referred to the court, in which a person is accused of attempting to damage foreign property on a large scale, intimidating the public, endangering the lives of many people and causing serious harm to financial companies operating in Lithuania by carry out a planned terrorist act.

A Lithuanian born in 1999 is suspected of a crime and should age in just 20 years.

During the initial pre-trial investigation, officials from the Lithuanian Criminal Police Office discovered that the building’s external security cameras had captured a person who had arrived at the building at midnight, who had written the above notes in black and He placed a bag with a makeshift explosive device at the entrance.

Attempt to carry out a terrorist act in Vilnius.

Photo: Police Department

“The person sought to be unrecognizable, so he wore black clothing, rubber gloves, hid his face under the hood, and wore additional facial masking equipment,” the report says.
However, the suspect was arrested on October 15 and is currently under arrest.

There are reports that the detainee belongs to the Feuerkrieg Division of far-right extremists and is suspected of producing and possessing high explosives and explosives for terrorist purposes.

The pre-trial investigation began on October 6 of last year, when a homemade explosive and the inscriptions “FK DIVISION”, “SIEGE” and a swastika sign were sprayed on the wall of the building where the international company Western is located. Union in Vilnius.

Immediately after the implementation of the Skydas plan, deminers from the Lithuanian police anti-terrorist operations team Aras neutralized the improvised explosive device and took it to the Lithuanian Police Forensic Investigation Center.

Examination of the explosive revealed that the makeshift explosive device was made from 6 kilograms of explosive material, cables, a monitoring mechanism, and other items necessary to detonate the explosive, and had an explosive capacity equivalent to approximately 2.5 kilograms of trotile.

Found a gun during your arrest

During a special detention operation that involved Aro officials, a high-capacity suspect and chemicals that could be used to make a self-contained high explosive mechanism were found on the suspect and removed from the illicit circulation.

Attempt to carry out a terrorist act in Vilnius.

Photo: Police Department

A self-made firearm suitable for firing and part of a category C weapon, which is classified as a firearm under the Arms and Ammunition Control Act, has also been found and removed from illegal circulation.

Other articles relevant to the investigation, extremist and National Socialist literature and symbolism of far-right views were also found and seized during the search.

A group of right-wing extremist extremists

According to the police, the Feuerkrieg Division is an extreme right-wing international extremist group that is currently dismantling through police efforts, following the work of the well-known American neo-Nazi James Mason (James Mason).

The work teaches National Socialist ideology, incites and incites hatred towards sexual minorities, Jews, and other races.

This pre-trial investigation was carried out by officials of the Lithuanian Criminal Police Office in cooperation with the Department of State Security.

Attempt to carry out a terrorist act in Vilnius.

Photo: Police Department

On June 17, the criminal case with the accusation was transferred to the Vilnius Regional Court.

The Penal Code provides for up to ten years in prison for trying to commit a terrorist act.



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